What is dialect? How does it differ from accent? Who has a dialect? Answers to these questions and more will be answered through class discussion and exploration of the information on this page.

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Dialects DRTA.docx Details Download 25 KB	Speech/Accent Recordings http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php
Linguistics Bidialectalism.pdf Details Download 97 KB	Variations of Non-American English http://www.bestbritishvoices.com/French_accents_demos.html
Linguistics Dialect.ppt Details Download 896 KB	Dialect Presentation on Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/NataliaRamirez5/levels-of-dialects
Dialect Concept Thinking Matrix.doc Details Download 40 KB	International Dialects of English Archives http://web.ku.edu/~idea/
Linguistics Dialects and Varieties.ppt Details Download 230 KB	Digital Dialects http://www.digitaldialects.com/
Guidelines for Teaching a Standard Dialect.doc Details Download 28 KB	Do You Speak American? http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/
Dialect Definitions.pptx Details Download 268 KB	Dialect Blog Sample dialects and IPA phonetic information http://dialectblog.com/northamerican-accents/
Linguistics AAVE.ppt Details Download 322 KB
Linguistics dialect and proper usage.ppt Details Download 2 MB
Linguistics dialects overview.pdf Details Download 159 KB